Shucks, this morning my Hotmail would not download to Thunderbird any longer. Now what? I recall getting Microsoft emails about changes coming to Hotmail, but all the info was for Outlook and Outlook Express. Thank goodness for Google. A quick search revealed that, yes there was a change and also an explanation of how to get Hotmail to download again. You may ask why don't I simply switch to using Google? Well, I discovered that my computer runs better with Thunderbird as my main email client rather than another online mail browser window open. And with a couple Hotmail accounts, a Yahoo account and Gmail that all arrive in my desktop email box I am set. OK, back to the fix. Rather than creating a new email account, I just edited the current one and things are working again. Select the account in Thunderbird -> view setting for this account and make the changes like this: Server Name: pop3.live.com User Name: Your FULL email address Port: 995 (this should be automatica...
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